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Paperback. How does a state redefine its national identity after catastrophic trauma? And what is the role of this kind of tourism in defining their new identity? This title exposes the intersection of leisure with the inhumane, giving insight into how people respectfully share a public space that is both free and sacred, compelling and tragic. Editor(s): Sion, Brigitte. Series: SB - Enactments. Num Pages: 356 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: JHBS; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857421074
- ISBN
- 9780857421074
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.42
€ 35.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands of Northeast Brazil, this is an account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness and death that centres on the lives of the women and children of a hillside "favela". Num Pages: 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1002. The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil. 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. Bringing her readers to the slopes above a modern plantation town, the author follows three generations of shanty-town women as they struggle to survive through hard work, cunning and trial. It is a story of class relations told at the basic level of bodies, emotions, desires and needs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight: 1006.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520075375
- ISBN
- 9780520075375
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.16
€ 44.99
€ 32.16
Hardback. How the Israelites and their neighbors treated the dead, and why their practices challenged the young religion. "A sparkling synthesis of the behaviors, attitudes, and theologies relating to death from the earliest settlement of the land of Israel to this day..A wonderful read."-Baruch Halpern. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566634014
- ISBN
- 9781566634014
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Condition: New
€ 36.71
€ 36.71
Hardback. Editor(s): Barclay, Katie; Reynolds, Kimberley; Rawnsley, Ciara. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 257 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSP; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137571984
- ISBN
- 9781137571984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119151746
- ISBN
- 9781119151746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. Mario Erasmo creatively explores the nexus between classical and contemporary approaches to dying, death and interment. From theme funerals in St Louis to Etruscan sarcophagi, he offers a rich and insightful discussion of finitude across the ages. Series: Ancients and Moderns. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855564
- ISBN
- 9781848855564
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Condition: New
€ 113.01€ 101.25
€ 113.01
€ 101.25
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813118222
- ISBN
- 9780813118222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.49
€ 39.49
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107129337
- ISBN
- 9781107129337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.43€ 69.10
€ 109.43
€ 69.10
Hardcover. Masculinity, it seems, is in crisis, again. This edited volume critically interrogates the current situation facing contemporary young men. The contributors deconstruct and reject such crisis talk, with its chapters drawing on original research to present a more nuanced reality, whilst also developing a critical dialogue with one another. Editor(s): Roberts, Steven. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JFSJ2; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137394835
- ISBN
- 9781137394835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. This collection addresses the ways that Nordic countries have approached the issue of bringing ethnic minorities into the societal mainstream. With multicultural incorporation as an option, the authors explore the potential impact of the politics of identity in societies with social democratic welfare states committed to redistributive politics. Editor(s): Kivisto, P.; Wahlbeck, Osten. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JKS; JPB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349347698
- ISBN
- 9781349347698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. This book brings together critical perspectives on some of the recent claims associated with the obesity crisis.It develops both theoretical and conceptual arguments around the obesity debate, as well as taking a more practical focus in terms of implications for the health professions to outline an agenda for a 'critical weight studies'." Editor(s): Rich, E.; Aphramor, Lucy. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JN; JPQB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349308248
- ISBN
- 9781349308248
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Focusing on the legal ramifications of Sharia law in the context of rapidly changing Western liberal democracies, Debating Sharia approaches the issue from a variety of methodological perspectives. Editor(s): Korteweg, Anna; Selby, Jennifer. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JHBK; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. .
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442642621
- ISBN
- 9781442642621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Hardcover. It is an institution that seems almost hopelessly out of date, a social relic of bygone times. The very word "debutante" evokes images of prim, poised beauty, expensive gowns, and sumptuous balls, all of which seem anachronistic in these post-women's liberation times. This work reveals, debdom in America is alive and well and ever evolving. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 224 pages, 61 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613175
- ISBN
- 9780700613175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.48
€ 45.48
Hardback. Social theory and research has long faced the limitations of its conventional Eurocentric focus. The essays in this volume offer new thoughts and empirical studies for transcending those limitations. Editor(s): Go, Julian. Series: Political Power and Social Theory. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781907269
- ISBN
- 9781781907269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.00
€ 148.00
Hardback. * A robust examination of the role of citizenship * Provides a critique of Blairite and Thatcherite approaches to public, market and private domains * Argues that the public domain is essential to a civilised society . Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629094
- ISBN
- 9780745629094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.28
€ 54.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Jacobsen, Michael Hviid. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 colour photos. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776745950
- ISBN
- 9788776745950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.64
€ 43.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. Looks into why people travel, examining travel and tourism as a cultural phenomenon through social, cultural, psychological, and economic forces. This book explores the role of travel in contemporary lives, from university travel-abroad programs to package tours and family vacations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759107243
- ISBN
- 9780759107243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.67
€ 56.67
Paperback. Young people are regularly posited as a threat to social order and Deconstructing Youth explores why. Applying Derridean deconstruction to case studies on youth sexuality, violence and developmental neuroscience, Gabriel offers a fresh perspective on how we might attend to 'youth problems' by recasting the foundations of the concept of 'youth'. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSP; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348879
- ISBN
- 9781349348879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.72
€ 65.72
Paperback. Illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. Series: Life Passages S. Num Pages: 393 pages, 6 figures, 7 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: HRLF; JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520. Re-Inventing Rites of Passage. Series: Life Passages S. 393 pages, 7 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations. Illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRLF; JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 26. Weight: 552.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 393
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236752
- ISBN
- 9780520236752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.66
€ 40.99
€ 35.66
hardcover. Alienated and violent children and adolescents, desperate and exhausted parents: the destructive effects of unchecked defiant behaviour are obvious. This book examines defiance as an expression of the child's worry for a malfunctioning family and trace a symbolic experiential approach. Num Pages: 236 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583910047
- ISBN
- 9781583910047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.43
€ 162.43